Hi English 12,
First, here is a link to the Inquiry Question PowerPoint:
Formulating an Inquiry Question
Here are some suggestions for finding the articles you’ll use in your inquiry presentation.
First, you need to come up with some KEYWORDS for your searches. Look at your question – what are the most important word(s) in it? What are some synonyms for those words?
For example – if I’m working on Lord of the Flies and my question is:
Why do otherwise reasonable people participate in acts of brutality in mobs?
I know I might want to look for articles about “mob mentality”. I can also look at “herd mentality” and “pack mentality”.
Once you have your keywords, begin using site-specific search engines. Some publications you could look at include:
The Atlantic
The New York Times
The Globe and Mail (CAD)
Scientific American
ProPublica
Buzzfeed
Time
Newsweek
The Walrus (CAD)
Longform
Longreads
(and many others….)
You can also search “keyword + articles” which may or may not help you.
Sometimes Wikipedia articles have a good list of references, with links. These can be good places to look, too.